Today I have spent about four hours and some waiting, no rush hour but...
...first a landslide...
...and then a construction site with one lane tafic for over 10 kilometers.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Toyotas of the Americas
On my trip through the USA, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador I have met a lot of hard working, long lasting, brand new, ages old, powerful and as well tired Toyotas.
Click here for a series of over 700 pictures of Toyotas in the Americas.
Thank you Felix for your contribution with a couple of outstanding shots!
Wild Things
Right now as I type this...
...post the Photo Gallery Wild Things is being updated.
Come along and have a look HERE.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Still Need A Little More Practice
Hey my Toyotero Overlander friends, try this:
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Apparently a new hobby of Saudi Kids, called Sidewall Skiing, click here to read an article in German in Zeit Online.
To see Toyotas I have seen on my trip, mostly on four wheels, click here.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Cotopaxi
Beautiful Camping...
...and four wheel drive...
...touring at...
Cotopaxi National Park in Ecuador.
More pirctures of the blue truck Camping HERE
More pictures of Ecuador HERE
More pictures of the blue truck on the road HERE
Pictures of how a Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ78 was transformed into the blue truck HERE.
Do you know what a "Oh my God Shower" is?
Here it is, that is my "Oh my God Shower": And that is how that goes. Really, the equipment of the blue truck actually and really does include a shower. Of course this shower is not inside the blue truck, it has an extension hose and I can pull the shower head outside, to my "bathroom".
And what to hell has that to do with "Oh my God"? Now, o.k., I admit, this is a piece of equipment better suited for free camping, my shower, let's say out there with bear and deer in Alaska than for use on organised camping such as State and National Park. But as you might know, there are a lot of those kind of places that do not offer such services as showers. And I might be a longterm traveller but very early on, I have decided not to be a bum despite of living on the road. So there it is, that is what the shower is for.
But than again, how do I do that, I am in a State or National Park in the US, where people, I don't know, might be a little more sensitive to a guy having a shower in the outdoors, than in other countries. You know what I mean, this kind of thing where people in US movies in the love secenes wear pijamas, bras if not coats, gloves and caps. So - I adjust to the country I travel in. Easy solution, just shower after sunset and no flash lights permitted. And no problem. I thought. While this State Park campgrounds are really perfectly set up and almost always offer a great deal of privacey on each camp spot, they do all have that kind of ring road that connects them all. Now - there is the problem. Because the ring road of course perfect to walk that little doggy right after sunset, or give your walker a little go around before heading to bed. Letting Jim alone with his beerdrinking and take a walk with Jane instead.. And than, despite the limited light condition after sunset, despite the pijama wearing for love scene kind of mentality, of course that doggy walker and that walker walker's eyes have dificulties finding their way at night, but exactly those couple of minutes I take a shower, that's what their eye catches and: "OH MY GOD! - OH MY GOD!" And that is what gave my outside shower that distinct name, my "OH MY GOD SHOWER". Apart from Panama on a Gringo-Campground the "Oh my God Shower" never caused any oh my gods anymore outside of the USA but in honor of the ladies that were so focused on their nightly walks, I call my outdoor shower the "Oh My God Shower" now.
You won't get to see any pictures of the Oh My God Shower in use on the newly updated Photo Gallery Camping, but you will find over 200 pictures of beautiful spots that tell you why I enjoy camping so much. Click here and come camping with me. I am sure you'll enjoy it as much as I do.
OH MY GOD - OH MY GOD!
Camping at Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador.
Camping in Costa Rica, Peninsula de Nicoya.
Camping at Lago Atitlan, Guatemala.
Places, feelings, moments no Hotel can pamper you with. Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA
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